Eye on mental health and sleep

December 15, 2010
Blurb
Did you know that the retina serves a second purpose – not just for vision, but also for regulating our mood and sleep? . . . and that this involves special retinal photoreceptors that have nothing to do with how we see the world around us? . . . and that it is possible to have partial or complete loss of vision while this second system stays healthy and continues to process light?
Let me introduce you to the field of chronobiology, and explain why retinal health is so important for these non-visual effects.  Also, how you can improve depression and sleep when the retina is not doing its proper job processing light in this particular way..
 
Read more at
http://www.vision-research.eu/index.php?id=617